I need your support to have Blackpool's Metropole Hotel restored as a tourist destination
MP’s appeal for public support to restore Metropole Hotel for tourist use after five years of housing asylum seekers
Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has launched a petition to have the Metropole Hotel restored as a tourist destination after almost five years of it housing migrant families.
Since September 2021, the distinctive seafront hotel - the only one in Blackpool was on the seaward side of the promenade - has been used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers.
But this week, Mr Webb was given Home Office confirmation that the asylum seekers will leave the town's Metropole Hotel by July.
The MP greeted it as good news for Blackpool after an original pledge that the migrants would only stay three months led to them being housed there for almost five years.
He pledged to reach out to owners Britannia Hotels to ensure they now re-purpose and refurbish the building to bring it back to its former glory “so it can be a crown jewel again in our tourism offer”.
Now, he has launched his petition with that aim, saying “The Metropole should neverhave lost its purpose as a tourist destination”.
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Mr Webb added: “We’ve got the chance to put things right. I’m demanding that Britannia invests properly and reopens it as a hotel that brings visitors, jobs, and pride back to our seafront.
“No more wasted potential. No more excuses. If you care about Blackpool’s future, take 30 seconds and sign my petition. I need your support.”
His petition can be found at https://www.chriswebb.org/news/petition-reopen-the-metropole-hotel-as-a-tourist-destination-for-blackpool
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Now, he has launched his petition with that aim, saying “The Metropole should neverhave lost its purpose as a tourist destination”.
Mr Webb added: “We’ve got the chance to put things right. I’m demanding that Britannia invests properly and reopens it as a hotel that brings visitors, jobs, and pride back to our seafront.
“No more wasted potential. No more excuses. If you care about Blackpool’s future, take 30 seconds and sign my petition. I need your support.”
His petition can be found at https://www.chriswebb.org/news/petition-reopen-the-metropole-hotel-as-a-tourist-destination-for-blackpool